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Bogus is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Norman Jewison released in USA on 6 september 1996 with Whoopi Goldberg
Bogus (1996)
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Add to a movie listBogus is a 1996 American fantasy film directed by Norman Jewison, written by Alvin Sargent, and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment. It features magic tricks with magician Whit Haydn as consultant. It did poorly at the box office and Goldberg was nominated for a Razzie Award for her performance. It was filmed in Canada and New Jersey.
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A fantasy, it tells the story of seven-year-old Albert Franklin (Haley Joel Osment), the son of a Las Vegas magician's widowed assistant (Nancy Travis). His mother dies suddenly in a car accident and Albert, who is now an orphan, is sent to New Jersey to live with his mother's foster sister, Harriet (Whoopi Goldberg). The plot revolves around Albert, and his imaginary friend named Bogus (Gérard Depardieu), a French magician, who helps the boy cope with his transition. Gradually Harriet, who can also see Bogus, comes to terms with her new situation as well.Actors
Whoopi Goldberg
(Harriet Franklin)
Gérard Depardieu
(Bogus)
Haley Joel Osment
(Albert)
Nancy Travis
(Lorraine Franklin)
Andrea Martin
(Penny)
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